still broke; sometimes knitting

well on the way

Now that classes are over, grades are calculated, paper written, exam taken … I’ve been devoting quite a bit of time to my lovely Hooray! cardigan. It’s growing at quite a rapid pace: the cable pattern is easy to memorize, the reverse stockinette a fun bit of texture that requires absolutely no extra effort, the Cascade 220 (golden something heather?) lovely to knit and a dream to spit splice. Even my gauge is spot on. Hello, fellow knitter with a wooly death grip.

In fact, I’m in love with all of Veera‘s cardigans: celery, golden wheat, honey, hay; twenty ten; still light (okay, not a cardigan but objectively a very good thing). I want them all. Actually, Veera inspires in me the urgent desire to return to the land of (half of) my ancestors. Seriously, Finland looks like a mighty awesome place for handknits.

That’s all for now. Today is the day I attempt to get back to work … but really, I’m thinking I might just go hang out at a coffeeshop and see if I can spot Taylor Swift. (Two of my friends have seen her. I’ve obviously got to get out more because I’m certainly not going to stop being an incredible dork.)

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Hooray for making it through the end of the semester! The sweater’s looking great.

Personally I’d be much more excited to see Jake Gyllenhal, who I think is Taylor’s latest squeeze, based on the People magazine I “read” at the salon on Wed. (forgot to bring a book). The one People or Us Weekly I read per year (always at the salon) invariably makes me feel like I live on a different planet from the rest of the country!

katie — hooray! looks incredible. go you. i think i am going to have to make aidez in a golden color. very soon. you know, after i finish the seventymillion cardigans on the needles. i think pretending to read while trying to spot Taylor Swift is a great Friday afternoon plan.

The cables look gorgeous. I really love Cascade 220 and it’s great to know you got gauge since I’m also a death grip knitter. Also, went to look at pattern you’re knitting, that sweater is so pretty. It’s definitely another thing I want to knit!